Rail-anchor.



H. G. ELFBORG.

' RAH. ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 5. I9l5.

PatentedJune lS), 1917.

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RAIL ANCHOR. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 6, I916.

Patented JunelQ, 1917.

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H. G. ELFBORG.

RAIL ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 6. 191a.

. Patented June 19, 1917.

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' UNITED STATEgEEENT OFFICE;

'HENRY G. ELFBORG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO AJAX RAIL ANCHORCOM- PANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CQRPORATIDN OF DELAWARE.

Blur-motion.

iei ficationf L t -Q Patented June 1.9, 1917.

5 Application filed October 6, 1916; Serial H0. 124,124.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, IlENRY Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and use:

the following is a specification;

My invention relates to improvements in devices known as rail anchorsorantlcreepers, which are employed for preventing the longitudinalcreeping of railway rails on the ties; and the present invention is animprovement upon the devices described and. claimed in my prior Patents,Nos. 1,083,603, dated January 6, 1914, 1,088,976, dated March 3, 1914,and 1,17 6,280, dated March 21, 1916. f

In rail anchors of the kind most commonly used, a part of the structureabuts against a railway tie, and thus transmits to the tie the forceexerted upon the rail by the rolling stock, thereby prevei'iting thelongitudinal movement of the rail with ,respect to the tie. The mostconvenient form of rail anchor is that in which the anchor consistspreferably of two parts, having interlocking engagementalong a planeinclined 5 to the longitudinal axis of the rail, 'afs'described in myprior patents abovereferred to, whereby these parts when driven togetherare wedged tightly upon the rail, one of the parts being provided with adepending foot whichiabuts against a cross tie, so that in operation thedepending foot preventsmovement of the rail with respect 7 actinglongitudinally upon the rail tends to wed e the members of the anchormore firm y together, thereby increasing the frictionalhold of theanchor-upon the rail. In

"transverse g'rlpping of the rail and also a vertical g'ripplng, so thatthe rail is sub jected to'a'double gripping action by the rail anchor.In my lastmentioned prior Patent,',., llo. 1,176,280, I have describedand claimed, an. improyement in, rail anchors,

,whereby the twoparts of the anchor having G. Einruono; a citizen of theUnited States, residing atto the tie, and at the same' t ime the forcethe rail-gripping action efl'ected the in},

a coacting engagement witheach other are prevented from being separatedor disassembled by reason of the expansion of the, rail or the movementof the traflicin the opposite direction to the creeping caused by j theprincipal movement of traflic. As ex-T Yplained in my last mentionedprior patent,',

this. separation of the, parts of many, rail anchors is caused by theexpansion of the rail, or by the movement of the rail. under theinfluence of the passing traflic in adirec-Ji tion adapted to move therail anchor away from the coacting tie, instead of against it, so thatunless the two parts of the anchor are heldin fixed relation to eachother, one part of the anchor is drawn away from the other, owingprincipally'to the fact that the depending foot is embedded in thelball'a't" of the roadbed, thereby lessening thegn ping action of therail anchor and destroy-'1 ing its elliciency as an anti creep'ing de ijicQ This ditliculty is increased in winteig'fwhen the ballast is frozenand embedded in snow and ice. The improvement in my names-j tionedpatent, whereby the separation: of the' members of the anchor ispre\-'ented,'c0niprises co-acting parts on the two men'lbers" of theanchor,-in addition to the coactingj surfaces by which the gripping oftllfilfttll is effected, so that .as'one member of the anchor isassembled on the other to effect the gripping of the rail, the coaction,of the added locking surfaces will cause alo'cking' engagement betweenthe two parts of the; anchor in order to prevent the separation thereof:more particularly this imp r" ment of my prior patent comprises "o 1,ing. surfaces, one of which incli M from the other, so thatthelockingengag ment increases as the rail grippin g' acres" increases, but to alesser degree, so that action of the locking surfaces doesnot int 5'.fere with the rail-gripping action ofthe wedging surfaces. l 1

The purpose of the presentinvention 'i's to improve upon the devices ofmy prior patents briefly described above, by provide, ing a rail anchorhaving inclined coactingf wedging surfaces adapted to effect an. in-'creasing gripping action upon the railfa's one member of the anchor ismoved relatively to the other, and having alsovother' coacting surfaceswhich engage each other I with substantially constant pressure while,

will prevent further separation of the memclined surfaces increases ordecreases. These surfaces, coacting with constant pressure, serve tomaintain the members of the anchor in adjusted position with respect toeach other, regardless of the relative position of the coacting surfacesby which the railgripping action is effected, so that if the members ofthe anchor become slightly sepa; rated so as to decrease therail-grippmg action, the additional coacting surfaces, engaging eachother with constant pressure,

bers of the anchor, whereas relatively inclined surfaces would engage 7each other with decreasing pressure u on a slight separation of themembers o the anchor, and thus permit a still further separationthereof. The provisionof coacting surfaces on gaging each other withsubstantially constant pressure is of importance for the further reasonthat it permits the two members of an anchor to be readjusted orreassembled on a rail after the initial assemblage thereon, in a manneradapted to obtain the same degree of gripping action and the samelocking effectfas that obtained in the initial assemblage. A furtherfeature of the pres ent improvement is that as the rail-gripping over arelativelylarge area.

action increases. and the, coacting inclined wedging surfaces engageeach other over an increasing area, the area over which the surfacescoact with' constant pressure increases, so that when the parts of theanchor are, assembled in operative position on a rail, these coactingsurfaces will contact A- further advantage of the rail and anchorembodying this improvement is that it may be applied to rails of varyingsize without afi'ectingthe rail-gripping action of the members of theanchor, and without affecting the action of the additional surfaceswhich coact with constant pressure to -maintain the members of theanchor in as sembled relation. The anchor is preferably so constructedthat the surfaces wlpchf coact-yvith-subst ntially constant pressi rearsnormall but of alinement prior tothe assemblage of the-members of theanchor,-so that these additional coacting thus preventing separation ofthe anchor surfaces engage each other with a relatively high degree ofpressure per unit of area,

and maintaining the members of the anchor in rigid engagement with eachother, so that they maintain a tight'frictional engagement with theupper and lower surfaces'of' the rail base, 1n addition to thetransverse gripping action which' is imposed upon-the rail base. Thesesurfaces on the members of the anchor, which coact with substantiallycon- 1 stant pressure per unit of area, may be used in connection withvarious forms of anchors having inclined wedging surfaces, and may beused in combination with the additional locking elements described andclaimed in anchorassembl clearly from the following specification, t

bodiment. of th invention is illustrated.- In the drawif i 5 Figure 1 isaitpp plan view of a section of rail and a gti showing my improved railon the rail.

ten 1n connection with the accompanying: 'fawings, in which one em.-.

er features and advantages,-

Fig.2 is a' ve tical section through the rail I of Fig. 1,-showang m'yimproved rail anchor in elevation. h

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a portion of a railshowing an endelevation of my improved rail anchor, looking toward the end of the mainmember upon which the wedge member is assembled.

Fig. 4 is a partialview similar to Fig. 3, showing an end elevationofthe main or abutment member of the anchor and, by dotted lines, thatyvedge member at the in stant when it isbeing passed into engagementwith the main member. I

Fig. 5 is a top plan view. of the main 'or abutmentmembergof the anchorin operative position with respectto a rail in which it is shown bydotted lines.

Fig. 6 is a view somewhat similar to Fig.

2, showing a side elevation of the main or abutment member with thewedge member removed therefrom.

Fig. 7 is a top plan view of thewedge member of the anchor.

Fig. 8 shows an end elevation of the wedge -member by looking toward theright, as

wedge member of the anchor looking toward the left, asviewed in Fig. 3;and

-Fig. 11 shows an elevation-of the wedge member, looking toward the leftinFig. 1.

Although my invention may be applied to rail anchors of various'forms, Ihave preferred to illustrate it in connection with certain features ofthe rail anchors described and claimed in my prior patents abovereferred to, in which devices the members of the anchors are drawntogether by the coaction of inclined wedging surfaces which transformrelative longitudinal movement: of the surfaces into a transverse railgripping movement of the members of the an-' chor. In-the drawings, themain member A,

which, for convenience, may be termed the reach bar or abutment member,is formed. at oneend with an upturned lip or jaw 1, iii-turned at 2 toembrace the edge and part of the upper surface of the base of a rail 3.This member A extends beneath and in contact with the lower surface ofthe rail base therail is supported. The member'A is provided with adownwardly-extending abutment memberfi, which is adapted to bear againstthe vertical :t'ace of the tie. I The member A. is also preferablyprovided with strengthening ribs 9. The sn'ialler, or wedge J'Tlfimlkll.B of the anchor has in a general way the form of a box open alongoi'ieside and at one end. From, the upper wall of the opening or slot.17 lalong the side of the wedge member there depends a lip or wall 18,having along its inner face an inclined sturiace 5' corresponding ininclination. to the inclined surface 5 upon the main mem her A. Thewedge i'neinber preferably closed at the end 19, but at the opposite end20 theslot 17 is-open, and the wedge memher isrecessed at22 above theopening 17;:

formin the ii i 23, which is ada )ted to overr s l i he the edge of therail base opposite that which-is engaged by the jaw 1 2 of the mainmember. The lug on. member A prevents tilting of the member" B about anaide substantially parallel to the axis of the rail.

assembling the device, the member A is placed under the rail w th itslip or jaw 1--Q embracing one edge of the rail base,

and with theabutmcut 8 bearing against one of the ties, the device beingplaced on that side of the tie from w will cans 1 drawn towanl eachother, and thus set up n the reatest b be member B is iembcr it bypassvolume of tra'tlie more" then mounted a; on the .ing the open end ofthe member B over the "i'vcdgeend of the member A, with the surfacecoactingwith' the so: tive movement of the n .mbers A and B conk 5 Asthe rela tihuesgtht coaction oi the surfaces 5 anclfi the members of theanchor to be ripping on the edges of the I gripping action serves to farelatively fixed position i so that the abute: in agaii the tie, "willpre "1 git'u'inal movcmcnt of the rail Jon he ti'es under-"the influenceofthepass It will be seciithat'a slight'relatiye move- V i v AandIl-ofthe" o ests-m {that l ted to diret "efl'eirt the tiansi erse grippingbit e 1 il base will cause the members of the anchor to release in aslight degree their grip upon the rail base, and this lessening in thegripping action will cause the pressure between the enacting sun-facts 55 to decrease, thereby permitting a still further separation of the herB has its lower face 10 arranged to lie A and B, the end of the surface10" at the her to ward the tie, tliicfse fillets ther members of theanchor, and a still further decrease in the'gripping action, untilfinally the membersof the anchor may be entirely separated. from eachother, and will die bit the rail. This action of the members 0 theanchor, by which they become disassembled, has a tendency to occur byreason of the passage of the traflic in a direction opposite to that inwhich the rail normally tends to creep, or because of the expansionofthe rail due to changes in temperature. 'I; have provided improved meansfor overcoming the objectionable tendency'just referred to, by providingthe members of the anchor with other coacting surfaces which are adaptedto engage each other with substantiall c0nsta-nt pressure, regardless ofthe relative pothereof ismade impossible, even if the memhereof theanchor separate to suliicient de gree to decrease the gripping action onthe rail. For this purpose the'underside otfthej end (lithe-reach bar A,opposite the jaw 1-2, is provided witha surface" l0, wh ich lies in ahorizontal plane parallel 'tothe lower surface of the rail and paralleltothe longitudinal of the rail. The opening or slot 17, along the sideof the wedge mom in ahorizontal plane when themember B is assembled onthe member A, and thissum face 10 is adapted to coact with the surface10 of the main member. The parts of the anchor are so constructed thatthe. surface 10 is normally out ofalinement and inter feres with thesurface 10 when the members are first broughtinto engagement with eachother, as shown in Fig. l, with the 23 en gaging the upper surface ofthe rail. base, and with the member A coacting with the lower surfacethereof. Inorder to permit and facilitate the asremblagcoii'the members,

open end 20' of the wedgemernber is provided with a fillet or curvedpart 10" which is adapted 'to engage a, corresponding fillet, or curvedpart 1.0 at the end of the surface 10 on the main member, thesesweeper-ts" being adapted to engage each other when the wedge member isfirstfpassecl into contact with the main 'Inember,"as illustrated '4,and then, upon drii ing" the Wedge inegn; Perm lbr,

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th in t l m one tcl main member to a rail-gripping position, 12

and effecting a sul'istantially constant pres- 1 sure of relatively highdegree between the coacting surfaces 10 and 10 as the rail-grippingmovement takes place. As the member B is driven on to the member A thelip 23 will engage'the rail base with a relatively high degree ofressure, owin to the interference of the horizontal sur aces 10-10, andthus maintain the member A in close lacement of the member B from itsproper ai1-gripping position by a rotational movenient on an axissubstantially parallel to the.

' axis of the rail, but they also'provide ai locking engagement. Uponreference to the 50 bites into the surface 51, or the surface 51 cutsinto the lug 50, so that a ti ht engagement is effected, which is adapteto prevent relative movementof the members A and B ing function. that bymeans of the rib g the member B may be caused to fit closely lthe end ofthe reach bar A without the necessity of the utmost precision inmanufacture.

contact with the under surface of the rail. after they have been driventogether to a 70 Inasmuch as the surfaces and 10' engage rail'grippingposition. As explained in my each other with substantially constantpresprior patents, the surface 51 is inclined in sure, it will be seenthat the coaction of these order to prevent an increase in theresistance surfaces will not set up an increasing reof the lug 50 to themovement of the mem- 10 sistance to the rail-gripping movement of her B,as the member B moves transversely the niembier B, but will ermit saidmember of the rail under the influence of the coactto be driven towardthe tie until the coacting ing surfaces 5 5, and this inclination of.surfaces 5-5 cause an effective transverse the surface 51 away from thelug 50 corregripping 0f the rail. Asthis rail-grippingsponds.substantially to the rate at which the movement continues, thearea of contact of member B is moved transversely of the rail, 30

' the surfaces 10'and 10" will increase, and thus maintaining a=substantially constant thus when the parts of the anchor are asrelationbetween the lug 50 and the surface sembled inoperative position on arail, the 51 as the rail-gri -iping action of the memsurfaces 10 and 10will be in contact over a hers A and 13 takes place. However, asexrelatively large area, as' shown, but in any plained in my priorpatent I prefer to niake" '3 position of the member B with respect tothe the surface 51 converge slightly with the member A the surface 10Will engage the surfaces 5-5 in the direction of the tie, in surfwelQ'with a relatively high degree of order to effect a slight increase inthe prespressure, thereby preventing the accidental sure between the lug50 and the surface 51,

separation of the members of the anchor, or this construction being ofparticular ad- 99 the separation thereof due to the influence vantagefor the purpose of facilitating a of the traffic in a direction oppositeto that second application of the anchor after it has vin which the railtends to creep'nnder the inonce been removed from the rail, which isfluence of the normal traffic, and at the same necessary when. a newrail is substituted for time these coacting surfaces, engaging each adefective one. In addition to the locking 5 other with-constantpressure, will prevent a elements and'51, I may also provide othertilting'ofthewedge member away from the lock-i-ng-l'neans, such as thenarrow rib 60, rail, and will maintain the lip 23 in tight 'l'ornied onthe end of the member A, oppocont-act with the upper surface of the railsite the jaw 12, which rib is adapted to co 4 35 b art with the innerwall 61 of the member B.

' ln conncction with the foregoing construe The outer surface 62 of therib slopes ti0n, ',I mayprovide locking means, such as outwardly to aslight extent relatively to the shown and described in my prior PatentNo. plane of the wall 61, thereby effecting a 1,176,980, this lockingmeans comprising a sllghtly increasing resistance to. the move- 4depending lug 50 from the underside of the y ment of thepart-.B-asitapproaches its railgrain member or reach bar A, adapted toco- 1 grlpping position, such rail-gripp ng moveact with the surface 51below the opening 17 ment being provlded for the same purpose the me'iber B. These coacting parts .50 ias explained above in connection withthe and 51 sel ve not only to prevent the dis-' illlGllIlflt-lUIl of thesurface 51. A further ad- 4.5 "vantage of the rib 60, in addition to itslock- 5 drawings,particularly Figs. 1, 7, and 8, it will {be seen thatthe surface 51 is inclined seen that I have proyided a rail anchorhavtoward-the axis of the rail at'substantially, mg inclined ,coactingwedging surfaces 'tliewsame angle as the wedging surfaces which areadapted to effect a rail-gripping that is, the surface 51 issubstantially action of the, members of the anchor, and parallel withthe surfaces 55, but instead Which-,engage each other with an increasingof forming the surface 51 precisely parallel pressure as the members ofthe anchor are to the' plane of the wedging sur faces 5-5', movedrelatively to each other into a railgripping position. In addition, Ihave prothere ma preferably be a converging of, v i

t vided other poacting surfaces which engage.

these sur aces towar he tie, as illustrated. v 60 In the initial.assemblage the surface 51, at each other w th substantially constantpres- 2 sure as the-members of the anchor are moved the end 20 of thewedge member, is'out of alinement and interferes with the outersurrelatively to each other, these surfaces being faceor end 53 of thelug 50, and when the adapted to maintain the two members of member-B isdriven onto the member K the teem-t in-l'i'roper relative rail-engagin65 toward the right, as viewed in Fig. t, the lug position, and toprevent separation of the From the foregoing description it will be 5gripping position.

5 In the following claims I have referred to the Surfaces enacting withconstant pressure as bein out of alinement; it will. be understood t atthe lack of alineme'nt is such as J to cause interference between thesurfaces "subsequent pressure of one surface on theother,

- '--.--VVhile I have shown and described a single H embodiment of theinvention for purpcsescf figillustration, it will bee-understood that itmay tonstruc'tedin various other forms w h at departing from thespirit-thereof as bodied in the appended claims WhatI cilailmis;

A-rail anchor comprising aplurality of members havingcoacting wedgingsurfaces engaging each other with varying pressure upon relativemovement of said members,

' and avin'g other coacting surfaces engagi'l'ig each other withsubstantieliy constant pressu e upon relative movement of said 3' 2 Amail anchor comprising a o'fimembers having co ting inclii ing' surfacesto draw s .d mci'nbers tra nsv rse1y=of said rail as one memberisihovedrelativel" to the other icngitudinally (i I d rail, and havingother enacting Stirfaces arranged to engage each other with subst n allyconstant pressure as the tiv position of said members is altered,

' rail'anchor comprising a plurality iembersheving coacting upwardly erg surfaces to draw said member-sto- {getlr ansversely of said rail asrelative mdtementisiinparted to them longitudi- 1i said raihand havingother horizon tally e, ending-enacting surfaces arranged tofcgageeaehother with. sub'stan "ally constunt uessi" --as "therelative p jitionozt hriving coaetmg maging-r s faces engaging each other with varyingpressure upon relative movement of said members, and having otherenacting surfaces'engaging each other with substantially constantpressure upon relative movement of said members, said last mentionedsur- 6 ,5 faces beingnormally out otalinement.

' 5. A Tau anchorcomprisingf a p'lurality -moved rela'tivelyto the otherlongitudinally of said rail, andhaving other coacting surand they havebeen assembled in normal of members having ooacting inclined wedgmgsuriac'es to draw said members to ether transversely of sand red as onemom er is faces arrangedto engage each other'with substantially constantpressure asthe relative position of said membersis altered, said lastmentioned surfaces being normally out of alinement. i i

6. A rail anchor comprising a plurality of members having coacting'wedging surfaces engaging each other with varyinpress'ure u'pon'relative movement of 'sai members, other coac'ting surfaces engagingeach. other with siilbstantially constant pressure upon relativemovement-of said members, and other 'coactinglocking parts'engaging eachother with varying pressure to 35 prevent relative separation of saidmembers.

if. A rail anchor for railway rails, comprising a main member adapted tounderlie and'engage' one edge of a rail base, the other" end of saidmember having an inclined wedging surface, and a second member adaptedto engage the other edge of said -rail 'base and said Vlastanenti'onedendof said main member, saidsecond memberhaving an inclined Wedgingsurface adaptedto. coact with said inclined' surface on said mainmember, said mainmember and said second member having other surfacesadapted to engage each other with substantially constant pressure uponrelative movement of members, one of said members having part adapted tobear against a tie..

A rail anchor for railway rails, com a main member adapted 'to underliei engage one edge of a ra l base, the other end of said member having aninclined surto'bear agar st atie a A; rail wer v- "4 9. ,gerli. and-engg E edge cute end of a sho flder said main member having1 lying in avertical plane and inc versely of said rail, and a second member adaptedto embrace said last mentioned and of said main memberand to on go theother edge of said railbase, sai second member having an inclinedwedging surface 1 ined trans- 11L adapted to coact with-said inclinedshoulder on said main member to draw said members together transverselyof said rail, said main member and said second member having othersurfaces normally out of alinement vand arranged to coact with eachother with pressure upon relasubstantially constant 'tive movement ofsaidmembers. v

10. A rail'anchor for railway tails, comprisin a member adapted tounderlie the base'o a rail and to bear aga'insta tie one end of saidmember bein adapted to an upon and engage the rai base by means edge ofsaid rail base, said second member 65 having an inclined wedgin surfaceadapted to coast with said incline wedging surface on said main member,whereby saldimem bers will be caused to grip the rail upon relativemovement thereof, said main member 70 having'a substantially horizontalsurface on the underside of the projecting end thereof lying in a planesubstantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the rail, said secondmember having -a surface lying in a plane 7 substantially parallel tosaid last-mentioned surface on said main member and adapted to coacttherewith with substantially constant pressure when said members areassembled on the rail, one of said members having 80 a part adapted tobear against a tie.

13. A rail anchor for railway rails, comprising a main member adapted tounderlie a rail base and engage one edge thereof, said member projectingbeyond the other 85 'an upwardly extending part direetl engaging oneedge of the rall base, and t e other end of said member having anupwardly extending shoulder corivergin in a horizontal plane with theopposite' ge of said rail ase, said member being provided with ahorizontally extending surface on the underside thereof beneath saidshoulder, and a 1 tally sai horizontal surfaces being normally out ofalinement.

" memberrojectin beyond the other edge of a incline ber, whereby saidmembers. will be caused tog 11. A rail anchor for railway rails,comprisin a main member ada ted to underlie a rail, ase and engage one ege thereof, said said rail ase and eing provided on the projecting endthereof wit an inclined wedgmg surface, and a second member ada ted toenga the rojecting end of sai main mem r and -t e other edge of saidrail base, said second member having an inclined wedg' surface ada tedto coact with said fwedging sur ace on said main memgrip the rail uponrelative movement thereof, said members havingother coacting sur-yfaces-lying in parallel planes andengaging,

each' other with substantially constant pres"? sure over aconsiderablearea .when said Lprisin a main member ada membersareassembledon the raili one of;

said members having a part .adapte against a tie;

12. A rail 'anchor'for railwa rails, m-

to underlie to ear a rail ase and engage one e' ge thereof, said Y toengage mem e an t engage a n he samba jectin'g end thereof mg memberprojecting, beyondthe other edge of said rail ase and eing provided onthe prowith an inclined wedgt e projecting end of said'main surfaceilanda second member adapted edge of said rail base and being provided on theprojecting end thereof with an inclined wed ing surface, and a secondmember adapted to engage the projecting end of said main member and toengage and overlie a the other edge of said rail base, said secondmember having an; inclined wedging surface ada ted to coact with saidinclined wedging sur ace on said main member, whereby said members-willbe caused to grip the rail trans versely'upon relative movement thereof,said main member having a surface on the underside of the projecting endthereof lying in a plane substantially parallel to the longitudinal axisof the rail, said second member ihaving a surface lying in a planesubstantially arallel to said last-mentioned surface on said therewithwith substantially constant pressure. when said members are assembled onthe rail, said last-mentioned surfaces on said gmain member and saidsecond member being normally out of alinement when said members arebrought into initial contact with said main member engaging theunder-'surface of said rail base and said second meme. 7

iber engaging the upper surface of said-other edge of sai rail ase,whereby when said members are assembled'o'n the rail, a pressure is set,up between said coacting interfering surfaces and said second member ismaintainedin tight contact with said other edge of said rail 'ase, oneof said members having a part adaptedto bear against a tie;

14 A rail anchor-for railwa rails, comprism" a main member ada te tounderlie a rail ase and engage one edge thereof, said member rojectinbeyond the other edge of said rai'lase and eing provided on theprojecting end thereof with a transverse shoulder having an inclinedwedging surface, a second member ada ted to enga the jecting end, of saimain mem er an to main member and adapted to coact overlie the otheredge of said rail base, said second member having an. inclined wedgingsurface adapted to enact with said inclined wedging surface on saidshoulder, whereby said members will be caused to grip the railtransversely upon relative movement thereof, said main member having asurface on the underside of the projecting end thereof lying in a planesubstantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the rail, said secondmember having a surface lying in a plane substantiall y parallel tosaidlast-mentioned surface on said main'inei'i'il'ier and adapted tocoact therewith with substantially conslant ')ressure orer aconsiderable area when said members are assembled on. the rail, saidhorimintal surfaces on said main member and said secondinenila-r'lnaiii'g normally out of alinei'nentu-hen said n'ien'ibers arebrought into initial contact with said main member engaging theunder-siirl'arc ol said rail base and said second member engaging theupper snrl'ace of said other edge of said rail base, wl'n-reliy whensaid nn-nibers are assembled on the rail. in stress is srt up in saidsecond nu-nibi-r ransingit to grip lirinly said niain member and theadjacent edge ol said rail base, and additional reacting elements canTied by said maina'ncmbrr and said second member for, preventingseparationofsaid members, one of said members having a part adapted tobear against a tie.

15. A railanchor for railway rails, coniprisin a main member adapted toundei lie a rail base and having an upwardly extend ing part arranged toengage and hang upon one edge of said rail. base, said main member beingprovided with a part having a substantially horizontal under-surfaceadjacent the other edge of said rail base, and a second member adaptedto hang upon the other edge of said railbase and to engage said mainmember, said members having coacting wedging surfaces whereby a relative morei'ncnt of said members will effect a transverse gripping of saidrail base, said second member having a surface adapted to extend beneathand coact with said under surface of said main member, said lastmentioned surfaces being out of alinement and interfering when saidmen'ibers are brought together initially with said main member eoactingwith the uinler-surface of said rail base and said second membercoacting with the upper surface of the rail base, one of said membershaving a part adapted to bear against a tie.

In testimony whereof, I have subscribed HENRY o. EL'FBORG.

my nan e.

